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TEACHER SAFETY DOESN T MAKE THE GRADE IN LAUSD
by
Allison Michelle Kornberg
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A Thesis Presentation to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Allison Michelle Kornberg

Teachers in the Los Unified School District (LAUSD) are severely imperiled as violence among students continues to escalate out of control. Student disrespect and disobedience in the classroom has been a pressing issue for decades, but one that continues to be covered up for many reasons, including administrative fears of scaring parents and reticence to follow through on workers' compensation claims. With the LAUSD' s current teacher payroll debacle, health care concerns and budget deficits, violence against teachers receives little to no attention or concern, feeding an insidious culture where teachers who dedicate so much to inducting our youth into society are allowed to be abused in so many unnerving ways.

TEACHER SAFETY DOESN T MAKE THE GRADE IN LAUSD
by
Allison Michelle Kornberg
____________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presentation to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Allison Michelle Kornberg